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Re: Is there a "badblocks"-equivalent for OpenBSD?

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From: Stuart Henderson <stu@...>
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Subject: Re: Is there a "badblocks"-equivalent for OpenBSD?
Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008 - 4:56 am

Alternatively, you can use pkg_mklocatedb(1).
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From: ropers <ropers@...>
To: Stuart Henderson <stu@...>
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Subject: Re: Is there a "badblocks"-equivalent for OpenBSD?
Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008 - 12:27 pm

Geez, I'm an eejit.


Agreed. I see 3 usage areas for badblocks -svn:

- To intermittently proactively check whether my existing HDDs are dying.

- To intermittently check if my remaining floppies have still

survived. (I keep 2 copies of each floppy and chuck out the ones that

have gone bad, and make a new copy, so unless both copies go bad in

the same interval, I'm good.)

- To check whether any old HDDs that I'm given for free / that I pick

up off the kerb / that I pull out of a skip are still usable.

And yes, once badblocks complains, it's time to toss the disk.


Ah! Thanks for that! :)


Thanks and regards,

--ropers
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